Vladimir or Wladimir??

Dan Dares · Post by **Dan Dares** » 27 Jun 2011, 14:52

Have the Telegraph got it wrong or is he not bothered how you spell it?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... schko.html?

Adamj1987 · Post by **Adamj1987** » 27 Jun 2011, 14:55

was originally with a V but he changed it to the german spelling in 2003 (i think) which is with the W so both count

Dan Dares · Post by **Dan Dares** » 27 Jun 2011, 14:59

Cheers. Didn't know you used to spell it with a V

Adamj1987 · Post by **Adamj1987** » 27 Jun 2011, 15:05

German: Wladimir Klitschko
Russian: Владимир Владимирович Кличко
Translation: Vladimir Vladimirovič Kličko
English: Vladimir Klichko

Dan Dares · Post by **Dan Dares** » 27 Jun 2011, 15:08

So the Telegraph were right then eh?

Adamj1987 · Post by **Adamj1987** » 27 Jun 2011, 15:10

Dan Dares wrote:So the Telegraph were right then eh?

meh

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JC · Post by JC » 27 Jun 2011, 15:27

hey usually spell it with a W on official stuff such as posters.

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 27 Jun 2011, 15:36

Adamj1987 wrote:German: Wladimir Klitschko
Russian: Владимир Владимирович Кличко
Translation: Vladimir Vladimirovič Kličko
English: Vladimir Klichko

Consider though that he's not Russian...

Adamj1987 · Post by **Adamj1987** » 27 Jun 2011, 15:42

mrbassie wrote:
Adamj1987 wrote:German: Wladimir Klitschko
Russian: Владимир Владимирович Кличко
Translation: Vladimir Vladimirovič Kličko
English: Vladimir Klichko
Consider though that he's not Russian...

he was born in a russian speaking part of ukraine hence a russian name and spelling

Adamj1987 · Post by **Adamj1987** » 27 Jun 2011, 15:59

MachoMan09 wrote:
Adamj1987 wrote:
mrbassie wrote: Consider though that he's not Russian...
he was born in a russian speaking part of ukraine hence a russian name and spelling
He was actually born in Kazakhstan. However, the Ukranian and Russian languages are similar (although I would say Ukranian is slightly closer to Polish in how it sounds when spoken) and the Ukranian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic one. More Ukranians speak Russian than Ukranian in everyday conversation, including the brothers. Apologies for going off on one like the language geek I am.

no probs dude, i thought he was born in the Ukraine

gobbles · Post by **gobbles** » 27 Jun 2011, 16:13

He was born in the Soviet Union. Then it was all the same country. Has always been Wladimir, only when he was less famous, people spelt it wrong.

Adamj1987 · Post by **Adamj1987** » 27 Jun 2011, 16:27

gobbles wrote:He was born in the Soviet Union. Then it was all the same country. Has always been Wladimir, only when he was less famous, people spelt it wrong.

no it was spelt with a V before he became famous

rhino222 · Post by **rhino222** » 27 Jun 2011, 16:32

wlad spells it with a w when he signs a signature, interestingly enough, vitali ends his first name with a 'y' when he signs a signature.

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